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Jesus stepped in and saved the woman caught in adultery from her accusers and attackers (John 8:2-9). But Jesus loved her too — and loves each of us too much — to leave her unchanged. So as they part ways, He speaks words of truth to her open heart trying to save her from her self-destructive life of sin: "Go you way and leave your life of sin" (John 8:10-11).

God has placed us in circles of influence, webs of relationships, so that we can be salt and light to a world of darkness and decay. To be that person, we must INVEST in the lives of those around us and then INVITE them to Jesus. We INTVEST in people because it is the right thing to do, but also because we want them to know Jesus and find both sides of His grace: to be forgiven from our past sin and hear His call to follow Him and leave our sinful and destructive lives behind. For this to happen, we have to be willing to speak words of truth into the hearts of those we love and know that we love them because of our investment in their lives.